No-one who has looked at the images of extermination of six million Jews in the Holocaust Memorial of Yad Vashem in Jerusalem will underestimate the impact of the appalling 7 October 2023 Hamas attack ...

Archbishop Bernard Longley led bicentenary celebrations yesterday, Sunday 1 June, at St Mary's Catholic Church in Harvington, one of the oldest churches in the Archdiocese of Birmingham. This tranquil ...

Artemius, Candida, and Paulina in front of Saints Marcellinus and Peter, Illuminated illustration from the Speculum Maius, by ...

An Egyptian appeals court in Ismailia ruled on 28 May that the monks of St Catherine's Monastery at Mount Sinai, have the ...

Campaigners of all faiths and beliefs will be taking part in the Red Line for Palestine event around Parliamen on Wednesday, 4 June at 11.30am. The organisers are asking people to dress in red and to ...

Pope Leo XIV welcomed 159 cyclists from 29 countries on their final stage of the Giro d'Italia. Before racing through Vatican City, the riders paused to greet the Holy Father. Pope Francis had sought ...

The Most Reverend John C Wester, Archbishop of Santa Fe, has issued the following statement on the ongoing humanitarian crisis and ...

Pentecost promises to be extra special in the archdiocese of Southwark this year, as their key Jubilee Celebration at Aylesford Priory falls on Saturday 7th June, the vigil of Pentecost. As a result ...

American author and essayist Shemaiah Gonzalez has released her latest book, Undaunted Joy: The Revolutionary Act of Cultivating Delight, a luminous collection of essays exploring joy as a resilient ...

Pope Leo XIV ordained several men priests on Saturday at a special Mass in St Peter's Basilica on Saturday. During his homily reflecting on their mission and identity he encouraged the new priests to ...

Tomorrow is Ascension Sunday in the Church's calendar, and also the annual date dedicated to celebrating the message for ...

Today's Gospel offers us a moving insight into the prayer life of Jesus, as we hear Him pray just before His Passion and death on the Cross. And what is at the heart of His prayer? "May they all be ...